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University of Guelph, on the other hand, has far too many examples of bad brutalism (University Centre and Macnaughton come to mind). The Crop Science building isn't too bad, though, and MacKinnon has a couple of neat features, including a long corridor with sliding glass doors that open to make it an open air walkway (in the two or three months of the year where the climate allows). Much prefer the older building stock.

My parents both went to Guelph. They took me to see the Residence building where they met when I was very young, and I'm sure that's what sparked my interest for Brutalism.

Maybe it's "soft" Brutalism, but John Portman is one of my idols. I've stayed in one of his hotels (Hyatt Regency O'Hare) a couple of times, and his other works are on our list of "to stay at" places someday. The one in Atlanta is just out of this world.

I do desperately want to stay at the Contemporary Resort some year at Walt Disney World, too - but I always chicken out at the rates for a tower room, and settle for a visit at the cafe in the atrium, having a beer in the massive concrete atrium, with the monorail gliding silently overhead. It's heaven.

(01-13-2017, 03:49 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Then there is the original Terminal 1 at CDG in Paris:

Yaaaaaas, Loooove T1 @ CDG! It's absolutely alien. And the best part? CDGVAL glides right into the side of it.

Obviously the old Courthouse on Frederick is probably the most striking example in the Region, but the Psychology building at University of Waterloo is a close second, for me. The hexagonal (I think?) central staircase is to die for.

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